Smart cards can authenticate identity and usually employ a public key infrastructure (PKI). The card stores an encrypted digital certificate issued from the PKI provider along with other relevant information. Smart cards can be used with a smart card reader to authenticate a user. Smart cards improve the convenience and security of any transaction by providing tamper-proof storage of user and account identities. Smart cards also provide vital components of system security for the exchange of data throughout virtually any type of network. They protect against a full range of security threats, from careless storage of user passwords to sophisticated system hacks.
Warning: Usage of adapters (30-pin to Lightning or any others) is not supported and highly advised against.
Enrolling in Client Management using Smart Card authentication
Download the PKard Reader app from the App Store. Many card readers will automatically prompt you to download the app if they do not already see it on the device.
Insert your smart card and verify that the correct identity is stored on the card.
Open the Acronis Access enrollment invitation.
Note: You will not be able to enroll your device in Client Management with smart card authentication if you do not have your card and/or reader inserted.
Upon enrollment (or card removal and reinsertion), Acronis Access will send you to the PKard Reader app for authentication of your card's PIN.
Manually adding a server and using Smart Card authentication
Verify that you have the PKard Reader app installed.
Insert your Smart Card into the reader.
Open the Acronis Access app.
Tap the + button.
Enter the server DNS name or IP address.
Under Authentication Method section tap on Smart card.
Tap the Save button.
Tap on the server in the server list.
Enter your PIN in the PKard Reader app.
There are some specific scenarios when using Smart Cards
If you are managed using card authentication and you remove either your card or reader, the app will lock and you will see one of the following screens. If you insert the reader and card at this point, there will be a short delay before the reader recognizes it, you will be passed to the PKard Reader app for PIN authentication, and back to our unlocked app assuming your PIN was accepted.
If you're connecting to a manually added server with card authentication (and not managed with card authentication) and you remove the card or reader, the app does not lock, but you can no longer access new data on that server. Cached and local/sync files will still be available.
